Families' Values
How Parents, Siblings, and Children Affect Political Attitudes
R. Urbatsch
Reviews and Awards
"Of all the institutions political scientists study, the home often gets short shrift. And yet it is where we form our most intimate relationships that, in turn, shape our worldview. It makes sense that families are the seedbeds of one's political perspective. In this book, R. Urbatsch makes the case that families matter, by moving from bromide to careful analysis to show us how, when, and why the home affects political attitudes." --David E. Campbell, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
"Families' Values is a lucidly-written, intriguing demonstration of how the structure and composition of families can affect people's political attitudes in their roles as parents and as siblings. By going beyond traditional approaches and with the use of national survey data, the book documents several illuminating examples and opens up a number of possibilities for enriching our understanding of familial influences." --Kent Jennings, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan
"Past research on the role of families in political socialization has focused primarily on the transmission of partisanship from parents to offspring. This research breaks new ground in looking at a variety of other, subtler family influences, in a highly innovative, creative, out-of-the-box mode. We learn about stay-at-home-moms, siblings, birth order, and mother-father differences. A definite step ahead." --David O. Sears, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Political Science, UCLA
